Elizabeth Warren makes key 2020 hires forward of 1st Iowa journey

January 2, 2019

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is surrounded by reporters on the Massachusetts Statehouse, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in Boston. Warren has taken the primary main step towards launching a extensively anticipated marketing campaign for the presidency, hoping her fame as a populist fighter can assist her navigate a Democratic area that might embrace practically two dozen candidates. (AP Photograph/Elise Amendola)

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is transferring rapidly to achieve a bonus in early-voting Iowa by naming high political employees with expertise within the leadoff caucus state earlier than she makes her first marketing campaign journey there as a possible presidential hopeful this weekend.

The Massachusetts Democrat on Wednesday employed 4 Democratic operatives, all with Iowa resumes, together with rising stars from the 2018 midterms. The transfer comes after she established a presidential exploratory committee on Monday.

Whereas different potential 2020 Democratic candidates visited Iowa final yr, Warren’s rapidly deliberate first journey and Iowa hires show she plans to marketing campaign aggressively for the caucuses.

A greater-than-expected end in Iowa may place Warren nicely in New Hampshire, the place she could be anticipated to carry out nicely as a neighbor to the first-in-the-nation main state.

The Related Press contributed to this report.

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